One of my favorite things about Sirius XM Radio — and probably the reason I got it in the first place — is the MLB package.  As most baseball fans know, it has live play-by-play of every game and the newly-rebranded MLB Network Radio (formerly XM Home Plate) on XM Ch. 175 / Sirius 210. When...

The more I watch and listen to broadcasts of other major league teams, the more I appreciate — get this — Michael Kay and John Sterling. In the last few days, as I’ve sampled quite a few games, it’s become even more noticeable how unabashed rooting is the norm for many team’s...

A new study by market research firm Brand Keys puts the Boston Red Sox, Indianapolis Colts, San Antonio Spurs and Detroit Red Wings at the top of their respective markets in team loyalty. The Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Raiders, Charlotte Bobcats and Atlanta Thrashers finished at the bottom in the index...

Jelena Jankovic Everyone knows who the big winners were over the weekend… Northern Iowa, Cornell, Butler, even Duke and Ohio State, who had their most highly-ranked competition vanquished from the NCAA Brackets.  But there were two other winners, Ivan Ljubicic and Jelena Jankovic, that because...

Here’s some great news for MMA fans.  Mike Straka, who as host of “FOX Fight Game” was one of the first “mainstream” reporters to embrace the sport, has joined HDNet and will preside over “Fighting Words with Mike Straka,” a 30-minute interview-format program. ...

This week Wheaties unveiled its newest box cover athletes, winter sports stars Shaun White, Lindsey Vonn, and Seth Wescott.  For me, the Wheaties box and the Sports Illustrated cover hold the same cache — at any given time, it represents where our sports stars fit into the bigger picture of American...

An interesting contest has been getting a little play today involving 2K Sports’ new Major League Baseball 2K10 video game.  To break through the clutter of game news, 2K Sports has offered $1,000,000 to the first fan who can throw a perfect game on MLB 2K10 from March 2 through May 1. There are...

From almost the moment that word got out that Tiger Woods had parallel parked between a tree and hydrant late last month, kind folks from all over have been offering him advice through the press.  Public relations people suggesting how he should come clean right away (never mind the legal ramifications...